Manager, Quality Engineering

at  Publicis Sapient

Company Description
Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.
Job Description
Within the Quality Engineering team, you’ll play an important role in the development of new IT programs of various sizes, across different industry sectors using a range of technologies and methodologies.
Our QE team works closely with our business consulting, creative/design and technical teams to ensure the quality and suitability of the deliverables being created for our clients.
As a Quality Engineering Manager, you will not only be expected to be experienced and adept in a range of testing types and processes, but also able to manage and mentor large teams of QE Analysts.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a Technical, Engineering or Development background with a focus on quality. Prior experience of non-functional testing and automation is a big advantage, as is knowledge and application of DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
Our ideal candidate will be a thorough and result driven individual, able to initiate tests, analyze results and propose solutions to technical, functional and cross-platform compatibility issues. You will have a keen eye for detail and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Coming from a technical background, the candidate should be comfortable reviewing code and even writing small programs to aid their daily work.

Key Responsibilities

• Application of defined testing processes and methodologies
• Supervision of QE Analysts
• Review, capture and definition of software requirements
• Preparation/review of test plans, test cases and other assets
• Execution of tests and results analysis
• Triage, management and reporting of defects
• Preparation of test closure reports
• Management of automation and non-functional testing for individual projects
• Extensive experience working as a QA
• Must have designed and led the implementation of QA solutions, ideally in digital and at enterprise level
• Proven understanding of Agile development and QA practices including knowledge of CI / CD pipeline
• Extensive experience with Test Automation
• Ability to identify gaps, risks and opportunities in a client’s Test process
• Experience presenting to C-Level stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of Web, API and Mobile testing
• Willingness to travel and work onsite with clients
• Train delivery in new and existing QA practices and techniques
• Revise existing process and methodologies and suggest improvements

Qualifications

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Ability to develop automated custom QE tests using Selenium and related tools
• Knowledge of the Testing process, including but not limited to
• Functional testing (Unit, System, SIT)
• Non-Functional testing (Performance, Security, OAT)
• User Acceptance testing
• Regression testing
• Cross-browser and Cross-device testing
• Good understanding of systems architecture and monitoring technologies
• Detail-oriented with excellent time-management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills to help communicate testing issues across levels
• Hands-on experience with HTML, JavaScript, CSS and other programming languages
• Ability to guide and mentor junior team members
• Experience of different software test techniques and development methodologies
  Additional Information
  As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.
  Publicis Sapient UK is a disability confident employer and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment. We encourage individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions to apply for this position and we will provide adjustments where possible throughout the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments at any point on the process, please get in touch as soon as possible by emailing hiringuk@publicissapient.com. Publicis Sapient UK will then work with you explore and implement adjustments as and where these are possible. If you have any questions regarding adjustments, please email us: hiringuk@publicissapient.com
  Publicis Sapient fosters an inclusive environment through our inspirational business resource groups, to learn more please visit https://careers.publicissapient.com/life-at-ps/diversity-inclusion

• Application of defined testing processes and methodologies
• Supervision of QE Analysts
• Review, capture and definition of software requirements
• Preparation/review of test plans, test cases and other assets
• Execution of tests and results analysis
• Triage, management and reporting of defects
• Preparation of test closure reports
• Management of automation and non-functional testing for individual projects
• Extensive experience working as a QA
• Must have designed and led the implementation of QA solutions, ideally in digital and at enterprise level
• Proven understanding of Agile development and QA practices including knowledge of CI / CD pipeline
• Extensive experience with Test Automation
• Ability to identify gaps, risks and opportunities in a client’s Test process
• Experience presenting to C-Level stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of Web, API and Mobile testing
• Willingness to travel and work onsite with clients
• Train delivery in new and existing QA practices and techniques
• Revise existing process and methodologies and suggest improvement